meeting. >> we feel that the board lost its connection to the community. >> police at this closures will have a significant impact to the predominantly black and latino children who attend the schools. so far, to know no after yale. the school board says several factors played into this decision. enrollment and cost to operate the facility among them. and by shutting doors at the schools on the list, the district will save $2 million per year. >> california endured unprecedented cuss to school funding that. meant our budget decreased by a third over the last three years which is one factor driving this decision to close school autos but miller says closing that many schools will mean packed classrooms and fewer choices for parents. >> there is an optional place for us to pick. but there are limited spaces. i may not be the only one who

picks that school. >> the impact of the petition is yet to be determined. today's move would be a first step. an official recall must be verified in order to have a place on the ballot. but the decision on school closures appears to be final. >> there is no intent to change the direction which is that those schools would close at the end of 2011, 12 year. >> to me, the decision was already made. >> and also lost in the shuffle are teacher who's have been part of the schools that are set foreclosure that will report to look for a new school. the president of the teachers union says she's hoping seniority will play a part in helping those teachers find placement. >> and there is a traffic stop turned into a confrontation this afternoon near union square, happening when officers stopped a vehicle on

bush street. the driver took off running and place chased them. according to the chief, the suspect fired several times at the officers, with a gun. >> that suspect turned and fired. and officers return fire. the suspect fell, struck by gunfire. >> this suspect was transported to the hospital. police have not yet identified him but believe he is wanted on parole. violations. now, police are searching for three men in the deadly shooting of a 21-year-old man. sky 7 was overhead around noon. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. police say it's not clear if this was gang or drug related and they're looking for a green ford conture or mercury mystique.

>> two brutal sexual assaults in san francisco mission district have residents there calling for a special meeting tonight. they're pushing for better lighting in the neighborhood for starters. this shows a man suspected of robbing and raping a woman on 24th street at fair oaks around 6:30 in the morning. there was another attack on 24th street last month. there are similarities in these cases. and the community meeting is tonight at 7:00 at st. james catholic church. >> and the wake of several serious incidents involving campus police using force, states lawmakers held hearings to take a look at this issue. abc 7 is live from uc davis. one officer there is pepper sprayed line of peaceful protesters. >> that is right he's on leave and is under investigation, classes are out for holidays. but this is where last month,

uc davis police that one officer in particular, pepper sprayed peaceful demonstrators here on the plaza. it's incidents like that that have lawmakers looking at how to handle things differently in the future. in testimony before state lawmakers uc davis chancellor revealed that this video marked the first time she became aware. police on her campus had pepper spray in their possession. >> and. >> i didn't know i was getting pepper sprayed until i saw knit the video. >> she repeated she did not order the use of pepper spray or force on demonstrators blocking a campus walkway. if she know who's did order it, she's not saying. >> did your vice chancellor authorize the use of force? >> that is something that i can not speak to this. >> this testimony came during

a meeting of the joint education committee. their goal to develop new policies for police use of force on university campuses you need to put a halt to this kind of reaction to nonviolent, passive civil disobedience. >> mark udoff testified. besides uc davis, udoff cited another at uc berkeley. police used batons to disperse protesters. >> i'm deeply distressed by images of university of california students being sprayed and pepper sprayed. uc cavis jabbed with batons at uc berkeley. >> udoff won't answer questions. >> and. >> i thought the hearing was fine. excuse me. >> and we're taking a look at the crowd at uc davis.

we've been speaking and someone took their tent down. they're now just eight here, there are almost as many investigations going on into the incident here at uc davis as well as one at uc berkeley. president udoff hopes to have his report to them by march 1. that wasn't soon enough for some lawmakers concerned there could be many more campus protests after the new year. >> and we hear about this happening every year around the holidays. group of kids get together trying to do something nice. end up getting ripped off. >> someone stole $700 worth of donations from a school in vallejo. >> teachers say they're still in disbelief a couple of what is described as common thieves came and ripped off a huge chunk of what shurd have been the school's music budget. it was a winter concert supposed to be the biggest fund-raiser of the year, while

the band was playing and most adults were inside watching two men approached a small group of parents outside raising money, snatched cash box containing more than 700s skpdz ran off. administrators they they were caught on surveillance video. so far, police have described thieves only as young men, administrators say they're tightening security but the director says that is little consoleation to the kids. >> they're feeling low. you know? they worked so hard. to put this program on. and knowing it would help raise money, they're feeling really down a big part of that was taken from them. >> if this were to happen tomorrow, how will things look different? >> we'd have more security in the front to where they're visible. you know? hopefully, be able to dedetour people from moving forward in regards to this type of activity. >> in addition to heightened security the principal told us

fringe lan -- frank lib is canceling a school dance, supposed to be another fund-raiser for the music department. the music and dance programs are funded only by donations because the district can't afford to contribute anything to its budget. the school uses everything from instruments to band road trips. the district sen couraging parents to send donations in order to makeup for what was stolen. >> and it's moving day for dozens of veterans in a homeless veterans facility. they have until the end of the day to gather belongings and leave. 7,000 people have come through the homeless veterans emergency facility. since it opened. former homeless veteran started this shelter in a partnership with veteran's administration. now, they must go because the building is not safe and has to be torn down. >> people shutting us down are in washington.

if they took a week and spent time here, that our veterans have they'd understand why we don't need this closed down this, is no other facility. >> va says it's relocated 150 at temporary facilities around the bay area. >> and chris skpp cool day out there. let's check now. >> here is spencer christian. >> got off to a foggy start. crisp and cool. sunny skies. mid day clouds still around. and there is clouds on the increase during evening hours, temperatures from 40 up to 48 degrees. then, expecting showers to develop into the north bay. and there are low temperatures between 35 and 46. mid day mainly clear skies, clearing begins in the morning and continues throughout afternoon. high temperatures ranging from mid-50s to upper 50s around the bay and inland. and there is a sting the sunny

mild days coming our way. >> thank you. >> and still ahead this afternoon, innocent distraction causing a police officer to do this. >> and ebay getting into daily deals business. pay pal's challenge to group on. >> and 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions through his face book and twitter pages. we have links for you at abc 7 news.com.

a burning gas tanker closed a freeway today. this big rig caught fire 10 miles southeast of los angeles sending huge plumes of black smoke across the freeway. firefighters spent more than an hour dousing flaming trailer with foam. the patrol says driver and passenger were able to get out safely. and a miami police officer snot hurt, but perhaps plenty embarrassed today after the patrol car crashed and went up a pole. it's the police cruiser. so you're wondering how did it get up there? miami pd says the officer got distracted when reaching down to pick up a pen. >> checking healthy living news, cigarette and alcohol use among teens is at lowest level in decades but hair mayor use is on the rise.

that is -- marijuana use is on the rise. also looking at synthetic marijuana, nearly one in nine high school seniors admitted using it over the last year. the survey questions 47,000 students and 400 public and private schools around the nation. >> mother who's work part time may be enjoying unexpected full time perks. a new study finds mom who works are happier and healthier than those who stay home. researchers studied 1300 mothers and found mom who's worked had fewer symptoms of depression and were healthier in general z say mom who's worked part time had a better work-live balance. >> and groupon quiet period is before ipo is over. and first, the so called 500

shareholder rule is under fire. dozens are asking regulators to make a change. and hi, larry. outdated overly restrictive and limiting is how 40 technologies describe the rule in a leter to congress. among those, executives from twitter and gilt group. the rule require companies to go public or disclose their financials to the public once they have more than 500 shareholders but execs say it forces companies to go public too skoon soon. and the group is pushing for legislation increasing the limit to a thousand. and meantime, the quiet period for groupon ace under writers ended today.

and readings have been mixed with several concerned about the crowded daily deals marketplace. most analyst is closing at 2250 today up about $4 from the close. groupon wasn't the only daily yields company making headlines today. ebay's pay pal is taking aim the daily deal market as it plans to start offering coupons tailored to customer buying habits. by moving into deals it can bring in more money from 103 million members helping it reach revenue goals of $7 billion by 2015. and day three of losses as frustration runs high with a lack of movement in europe. qlur bloomberg silicon valley index down 2%. and meantime, president obama's presidential campaign team looks more than a geek

squad this time around. it focuses on building teching no. -- technology, creating a tech start up to build an infrastructure for crunching data. they've recruited a team of engineers and aren't revealing secrets but we do know they will be analyzing data. and the chief technology officer says he's recruiting for this team as engineers as any start up, sending a two-word tech message, dude, obama. hopefully that attracts new employees. >> and now it's time for dude, spencer. >> dude, how is the weather? >> major dude. >> sky 7, major weather coming our way. it's cold this morning and there is fog around and we do

have changes coming our way. there is a live view from our sutro camera looking over san francisco. what a beautiful sky. thin, scattered clouds around. lots of sunshine but clouds will be thickening tonight. rainfall is finally coming our way. may not be enough to bring us up to average levels at this time of the year. and there are temperatures into low to mid-50s. these are the highlights. coming cloudy overnight. and there is dry and mild through the weekend. not quite lows we'll see upper 30s in santa rosa and clouds thickening and rain is arriving. lows to 36 in fairfield. 37 in livermore, down in morgan hill, low 40s. and there is an approaching system bringing us a chance of

rain. and there is a weak front and notice clouds will be thickening during late night and overnight hours, tomorrow morning around the start of rush hour, at 5:00 showers developing in parts of the north bay. early morning front continues to sweep through. by 8:00 we'll see showers reaching other parts of the bay area, the front kind of breaks up and moves through. sunny skies taking over for afternoon. it's going to be a pleasant afternoon. there are rainfall totals on the modest side from no measurable rain as well. and here is a look at percentage of average rainfall for the season today. and we're still well below average. 52% in san francisco. and we can use rainfall. we're enjoying sunny skies we'll have. tomorrow afternoon, i should say. under sunny skies into

afternoon hours, skies reaching into mid-50s again so cool temperature readings, similar readings near monterey bay. mid to upper 50s and here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a bring of lovely days. friday through monday, sunny skies, high temperatures into low 60s around the bay. upper 60s on the coast. heat goes on. and there is just lovely weather. but boy, we can use rainfall. perhaps at christmas. >> maybe, huh? >> next at 4:00 new focus for holiday food drive. pan tis -- pantries asking for a different donation this year. >> and the price for community cuts at community colleges. >> a story great news for folk who's usually feed meters too late. hey!

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this is the time of the year people think about giving and food banks are grateful to receive. >> holiday donations help them help hungry all year long. and how you can help. >> san francisco food bank raises 60% to 65% of the annual fund during holiday season. buying in bulk, they can turn $1 into $6 wornl of food.

there are no longer just helping homeless. >> and there is almost half of the folks served has someone when has a job. >> paul has been with the agency 22 years. >> newscast two years felt like an avalanche of new people. >> people like arletta. she's a milpitas mom, raising two taughters and a nephew. the food bank in the sounl bay has been a lifeline. she lost her job. >> so the economy is so hard. my unemployment did run out that. left me with less money. >> food banks throughout the bay area serve half a million people a year. and. >> much of the food goes to-to-neighborhood pantries to give to those struggling with hunger and they're relying on you. >> people have a sense that foundations or corporations are big entity somewhere provides money to keep our

organizations going. the truth is that it's individuals. that makes a difference. >> and 25,000 help out in san francisco alone. >> i like their motto to try to end hunger. >> arletta wants donors to know they're not wasting time, nor money. >> i want to say thank you to everyone that does help. this means a lot to me. >> a $10 donation can provide a family like whers a holiday meal. >> if you'd like to help join us tomorrow. we'll raise money for food banks throughout the bay area and you can start donating now when texting 80077, you'll donate $10 or you can call the

number on your screen. >> and still to come community colleges are preparing to make more cuts. >> and uc berkeley solution for families who are struggling to pay tuition. >> finders keepers. iran has plans for this drone. >> and we're seeing a beautiful presunset sky. clouds increase and we may have a little wet weather in the morning. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up.

uc berkeley is doing something to help students better pay for education. >> today, cal announced a new program for those students. >> attending uc berkeley has a price tag of $32,000 a year with room and board. because many families don't qualify for financial aid, many struggle to send their kids to cal. enter m cap, middle class access plan. families earning between 80,000s skpdz $140,000 qualify. say a family makes $100,000 a year. most they'll pay is 15%. in other words $15,000.

their son or daughter will have to contribute, taking out loans or using savings. berkeley will then makeup the difference. the funding comes from donations and the revenue cal gets from out of state, and international student fees. >> and we're hope thfl plan will attract substantial support that will offset a portion of the softs and maybe allow us to approve the plan in the future. >> and the university says a quarter, or close to 6,000 middle class students will benefit from this program. for now, it's being offered only at cal. families can begin applying as of january 2. deadline is march 1. the families will need to fill out a application, standing for free application for

federal student aid. fr more information visit our web site abc 7 news.com. >> and community colleges meanwhile are preparing to implement plans for just more than $100 million in cuts. about 2.6 million students attend community colleges and administrators warn low income students will bear the brunt of cancelled classes. >> i'm fearful that there are students that couldn't get in, couldn't find a class, their education will not be defered but maybe forever abandoned. >> and spending has been cut by nearly 11%. per unit fees soared nearly 80% meaning students will pay about 1400s ndz fees starting next summer. >> two health inspectors face

charges tonight and suspected of a restaurant bribery scheme saying they sold food safety certifications to nearly 350 restaurants dating as far as 2007, prosecutors say employees will not be charged. >> they were misled by the inspectors. soit became clear to us that it would be a criminal case because of the lack of knowledge in cases. other part is important is that we believe the greater cull yablt goes to public emplea -- employees. >> the issue surfaced after one employee told the public health department about this. they pled not guilty. they could face up to eight and nine years in prison respectively. >> state attorney general now says she will layoff 102

department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year, about half of the 203 agents originally expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending it's involve nmt two thirds of the california 52 drug and gang-fighting task force autos a young afghan woman imprisoned after being raped by a relative is free. the woman has been sentenced for 12 years after reporting her cousin's husband raped her two years ago. president karzai intervened to pardon her, it's unclear whether she swril to marry the rapist. >> and during a service medal presentation, paneta thanked troops to reducing the level

of violence and asserted the u.s. will continue to conduct intelligence operations from afghanistan. >> and mahmoud ahmadinejad claims his country has been able to control it and has no immediate plans to return it to the u.s.. iran says it shut shoth down a drone in the eastern part of the country. u.s. officials say the aircraft malfunctioned. a spokesman says the united states owes iran an apology. >> a new poll shows a shift for president obama, ahead. >> and newt gingrich puts a lid on occupy protesters in iowa. >> and there is links for you at abc 7 news.com. >> taking a look at traffic now on the san francisco skyway, it's heavy in both

directions. this is especially heading east over the bay bridge. let's check on the travel forecast. >> let me give you a view of the western u.s.. green lights in major airports. and dallas fort worth there is thunderstorm activity and delays there. chick had storms pass through with delays up to an hour and a half. and jfk, strong gusty winds producing delays between 45 minutes and an hour, we've got rain come together bay area, but maybe not much. i'll take a look in the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. [ mom ] hey guys.

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oompx a new washington post poll shows newt gingrich solidified his front runner status as the president's favoribility rating plummeted. more americans have a negative view of the president than positive. we have the latest on the race for the white house. >> this is mitt romney on monday. >> i'm not going to say outrageous things. >> this is mitt romney on newt gingrich today in an interview with the "new york times". >> zane gee great in a campaign and talk radio and in the print. it reads and makes for fun

reading but in terms of a president we need a leader. >> cheney may not be the most devastate attack. one called him an unreliable leader but it adds up to a more aggressive strategy for romney. he has little time to waste. democrats had quite a welcome mat. newt gingrich surged to a huge lead but a poll shows more people view him unfavorably. that number has gone up six points in just a month. and rick perry picked up a 42 city bus tour across iowa. one final push to win over the state's conservatives and it mate mai not be an easy jump shot, either this, this shows

popularity dropping 31 points from the peak when he took office. and now more americans have a negative view of the president than a positive one. >> and this afternoon in des moines, occupy protesters shouted down newt gingrich. this is cell phone video. he there was an interruption was brief. >> and millions of people have been named time magazine's person of the year, but this is not considered an honor for protesters in berkeley. >> efforts to hunt nazies in germany. [ female announcer ] what's so great about...jcpcash? no exclusions. with jcpcash get $10 off when you spend just $25.

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magazine named protester person of the year. and we're live with reaction. >> as you'll near a video the magazine picked protester because protests resurfaced this year and there is protests this year in egypt, syria, bahrain, libya were behind the decision. >> not only did protests come back in this globally contagious way, but we're two regimes down, and counting. >> here at home, they showed up in thousands and time magazine considered competition, deciding protester was truly person of the year.

>> and chris sullivan was happy about it but others didn't want any attention. >> this is propaganda for the empire. >> social media and cell phone technology making main stream media irrelevant lent to these protester autos we speak through ourselves. that is why people of the year are the people. we have technology. >> protesters around the world but the protesters are not the same as those in the streets of the middle east. >> there are people recording this as lewd chris. >> abc 7's political analyst says arab string protesters represent a larger population with more at stake. >> there are people protesting or were in libya and egypt

were putting their lives on the line. >> coming up why the arab spring protesters have had more success than the occupy protesters in more permisive parts of the planet. back to you. >> thank you. >> and there the last of the nazi hunters is trying to find the last of the nazi war criminals before they die launching operation last chance ii in response to conviction of death camp guard john damanion and a rise in neo-nazi activity in germany. >> especially today after revelations in right wing activity, i think sends a timely reminder and serves to strengthen tariffs. >> any nazi death camp guard still alive would be at least 80 years old. the center is offering a

$32,000 reward for tips leading to conviction of any of them. >> still ahead, nail polish and womens' under wear. the question is... what sales of these pro dugts may say about the economy. >> a creepy christmas card with a possible political message. >> my advice to help you talk to a real person when having problems with a product. >> and later at 5:00 you probably can't imagine life wout internet but believing what you can see online? that is another story.

very smooth going heading into san francisco right now. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza there is no wait for you at all into the

city. >> michael finney is answering questions posted to his facebook and twitter page autos when you look for a customer service number on anything this is either hidden or, what do you have to do to get a human on the phone? >> there are countries figure out is not to deal with customer service. that is what the first question is about asking how to make a customer service number on a product that doesn't have one. if it's from a small company. if it gets bigger there are more than i want to you know about. and there is one customer service numbers.com. and there is not only phone numbers but they give you the three numbers to punch so you

can go 114, 1, 1, 4 rather than sit through talking so so this is a great resource. now, lawrence m wants to know, i reserved a mid-sized car through price line. it wasn't available. and that is not how this is supposed to work. if they don't have your level of car they're supposed to bump you up or say so. we started to make calls when getting this into our newsroom. they said when a customer shows up, a rental car should have made good. however, we contacted avis. they said those guys don't speak for us. they say they'll get back to us tomorrow. we'll let you know what happens and this is but way of

twitter. how do i recycle my wireless device? well, major carriers will recycle free of charge regardless of whether you have a contract with them or not. here are some things to remember beforehanding over the phone. first, back up contacts, two, close your account. reset memory. and i want you to go to abc 7 news.com for a list that will recycle the phone f the phone has value which means it's got to be a year old. >> good to know. >> thank you. >> sure. >> one last check of the forecast now. >> i love that name. snuggy b. >> this forecast has been you, dude, we have a time lapse

view looking towards mount diablo. you can see the haze. it's the spare the air day. there is a build up of particulate matter in the area. and there is an approaching and weak cold front going bring us a chance of showers. we hope this will move stagnant air out. starting at 5:00 in the morning at which point light showers should have begun already in parts of the north bay. sweeping through quickly. we'll see wet weather into other parts of the bay area, not all parts. by late morning we'll be clearing out, we can expect high temperatures into the south bay into mid to upper 50s up to about 57 in cupertino. pin anyone slarks mid to upper 50s. 56 in redwood city. and there is a high of 53

degrees. 55-56 virtually every location in the north bay. highs mid-50s. there is inland east bay will have highs into mid-50s. and there is 57 santa cruz. >> and want to show you researches from m.i.t.developed a system that can show the speed of light. the camera captures one trillion frames per second. think by it. we shoot tape at 30 frames per second this, would be more. it's fast enough to capture this. that is light moving through a bottle. amazing. >> remarkable. >> nail polish is a new lipstick.

the lipstick indicator doesn't holdup, but nail polish sales seem to respect -- reflect the economy clearly. and that means we're searching for bargain luxuries z also, womens under wear sales are down suggesting intense frugality. but card board box sales are up, a strong indicator of economic rejuvenation. >> do you remember the characters from finding nemo? >> environmentalists warn their real life counter parts are disappearing finding turtles are threatened. 60% of the species shown in the movie are in danger of exstimpx. >> eve weanen little nemo himself is in risk. that reduced numbers on coral reefs. >> some cards can be cheesey.

then there, is this one sent out by the mayor of san juan, puerto rico. >> shows him with his family in a scene only described as bizarre. that is a leopard feasting on an antelope next to his young daughter. >> they did versions of the card posing next to a black bear and a vulture and one next to a penguin, you can see the penguin staring at the mayor's son. >> that is funny. >> and the mayor says it promotes the wildlife museum. others say it's a warning to opponents in the upcoming election. the leopard and antelope? >> i'm not sure that that is working. >> yes. >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. >> and you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter. >> news at 5:00 continues right now with dan ashley and cheryl jennings.

>> lawmakers grill uc leaders over a forceful response to nonviolent protester autos raid on a quiet multi million dollar neighborhood. what blees are looking for right now. >> and how you can avoid getting a parking ticket for letting a meter run out. >> and state narcotic agents and police raid two locations tonight. >> we're live over this marijuana dispensery in newark. police are conducting a search now. >> there is a search and arrest warrant being served in a private home in dan value. >> that is where owners live. >> we're live at that house in danville tonight with a look there. >> that is right. i'm on victoria class. and police raided this home behind me, you can see there

is crime scene tape. a woman returned here, handcuffed, walked inside and preem bli arrested by newark police. according to the attorney general, agents are serving warrants at the happy fwhels center in newark. this is for conspiracy, possession and sales of marijuana. narcotics officers are on the scene. we understand that through our contact this was operating criminally and the investigation was launched at the request of new york city council and police department. and apparently they're supposed to be operated not for profit. they said yorns were pocketing upwards of six figures per month.